Stool



(No Model.)

W. J. MELVIN.

STOOL No. 888,060. Patented Aug. 21, 1888.

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SPECFICATIN forming part of Letters 'Patent No. 388,060, dated August 2, 1888,

Application lod May 10, 1888. Serial No. 273,433.

To @ZZ whom it may conceive:

Be it known that l, WTLLIAM J. ilin'nvin, of Boston, county of Suilolk, and State of Massaehusctts, have invented an Improvement in Stools, of which the ioilowing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object to provide a novel stoohconstructed as will be described, whereby the seat of the stool may be turned down and under a desk, table, bench, or counter when not in use.

My improved stool, aniong other things, is especially adapted to be used in the compos ing-rooms of printing establishments-such, for instance, as the composing-room of a newspaper where space is an important factor, especially in the passage-ways or alleys between the benches or frames upon which the type is set, and also in stores, restaurants, die.

My invention therefore consists, essentially, in a stool, of the conibination,with a base and an upright, of a bracket pivot-ally secured to the said upright to turn in, a substantially horizontal piane, a scat, and a seat-supporting frame pivotally supported by said bracket and capable of being turned ina substantially vertical plane, whereby the said seat may be brought from an elevated position to one near the floor, substantially as will be described.

Figure l shows in side elevation astool einbodying my invention, together with a suffi cient portion of a bench, table, or frame to enable my invention to be understood, the stool being in its normal or operative position, the post being broken out; Fic'. 2, aside elevation of the stool with the seat turned down; Fig. 3, a side elevation of the stool, showing the seat swung under the desk 5 and Fig. 4, atop or plan view of the stool in working position.

The base (1r/,preferably of metal, is provided, as herein shown, with a hollow upright or post, o', into which is extended a spindle, a2, of a bracket, c3, free to turn in the hollow upright or post c.

rlhe bracket c supports, as herein shown, a seat-supporting frame, preferably a hollow tube, b, provided at its upper end, as shown,

(No model.)

with screw-threads to be engaged by a threaded spindle or rod, b", at the under side of the seat b2, which may be oi" any desired or usual construction, the said hollow tube bein g shown as extended through openings in ears b on the said bracket.

The seat-supporting tube I) is provided at its end beyond the bracket with a preferably adjustable locking device, (herein shown as a collar, 0,) having a flange, c', adapted to pass under and engage theend oi' the bracket when thesaid seat-snpportin g tube or frame is placed in operative position, as shown in Fig. l, the said collar being secured in adjusted position on the tube b, as shown, by set-screw c2. The seat-supporting frame or tubo b is also provided on the opposite side of the bracket with a preferably adjustable collar, d, secured, as shown, by set-screw d.

In practice the base of my improved stool is secured to the floor under the table, bench, frame, or counter di, as by screw di, the said base being fastened to the floor at snch distance from the front of the table or bench, so as to bring the seat substantially in correct working position, as shown in Fig, l, any slight adj ustmcnt of the seat with relation to the frame or bench being effected by the adjustment of the collars c d on the tube b.

To prevent the locking device becoming accidentally disengaged from theb racket, a guard, f, is provided, the said guard being herein shown as hinged to the collar d. and adapted to bear against the ear o adjacent to the said collar.

When in operative position, the seat may be turned in the arc of a circle, the center of which is the post a? inthe hollow upright. The seat may be adjusted vertically by revolving it to turn the threaded spindle in its socket, but, if desired, the said spindle may be made plain and the vertical adjustment be obtained by means of a set-screw in the usual and wellknown manner.

Vhen it is desired not to use the stool, the locking device is disengaged from the bracket, as shown, by sliding inward the seat-supporting tube, the guard f being iii-st turned back or into the position shown in 2 and 3, the said movement being limited by the collar IOO d, which is adjusted to strike the ear b3 when the locking device has become disengaged. The seat and its supporting frame or tube are new turned down substantially into the position shown in Fig. 2, the said tube turning in the ears b3, and then the said seat and tube are turned or swung under the bench, table, or frame, as shown in Fig. 3, the bracket swinging on its pivot in this latter movement.

lVhen in'the position shown in Fig. 3, it will be noticed that the stool is entirely removed from the passageway or room outside the bench, frame, table, or counter, thus leaving the passage-way er1-oom free and unobstructed, which is a great desideratuin in many places-- as, for instance, in composing-rooms, restaurants, &e.

The bracket may and in practice will preferably have attached to its opposite sides footrests c. (Shown clearly in Fig. 4.)

I prefer to employ a hollen7 tube for the seat-supporting frame for sake of lightness; but it is evident that the same may be a solid rod having its upper end tapped to receive the post of the seat.

I claim- 1. In a stool, the combination, with a base and an upright,of a bracket pivotally secured to the said upright to turn in a substantially horizontal plane, a seat, and a seat-supporti ng frame, b, pivotally supported by said bracket and capable of being turned in a substantially vertical plane, whereby the said seat may be brought from an elevated position to one near the floor, substantially as described.

2. In a stool, the combination, with a base and an upright, of a bracket pivotally secured to the said upright to turn in a substantially horizontal plane, a seat, and a seat-supporting frame, I), pivotally supported by said bracket and capable of being turned in a substantially vertical plane, whereby the said seat may be brought from an elevated position to one near the iioor, and a locking device to lock the seatv supporting frame in elevated position, substantially as described.

3. In astool, the combination, with a base adapted to be secured to the floor, of a bracket pivotally secured thereto and provided with ears,a seat-supporting frame extended through said ears, adjustable collars on said frame, a flange on one of said collars to engage said bracket, and a seat on said supportingframe, substantially as described.

4. In a stool, the combination, with a base adapted to be secured tothe door, of a bracket pivotally secured thereto and provided with ears,aseat-supporting frame extended through said ears, adjustable collars on said frame, a flange on one of said collars to engage said bracket, and a scat adjustable on said sup-` porting-frame, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

1WILLIAM J. MELVIN.

Vitnesses:

Jamas E. CHURCHILL, J. C. SEARS. 

